“Japan in Architecture” Projects #3 Modernist Furniture in Japan
2018.7.17 [Tue]
Famous designer furniture pieces by luminaries of postwar modernism, such as interior designer Kenmochi Isamu and Cho Daisaku, are filling a book lounge situated in the middle of the exhibition. All of these pieces are original, including chairs to sit on!
- Bench with Magazine Rack at the Kagawa Prefectural Government Office
(1958 Design: Kenzo Tange Laboratory) - Partition Shelves at the Kagawa Prefectural Government Office
(1955-58 Design: Kenzo Tange Laboratory) - Table Bench at the Kagawa Prefectural Government Office
(1958 Design: Kenzo Tange Laboratory) - Ceramic Chairs at the Kagawa Prefectural Government Office
(1955-58 Design: Kenzo Tange Laboratory) - Round Wooden Chairs at the Kagawa Prefectural Gymnasium
(1964 Design: Kenmochi Isamu) - Chairs at the Kagawa Prefectural Cultural Hall
(1965 Design: Oe Hiroshi) - Chairs at the Mountain House in Goshikidai
(Design: Sakakura Junzo, Cho Daisaku (Junzo Sakakura architects and engineers)) - Chain-delier
(1973 Design: Tada Minami)
Take a seat on iconic modernist furniture set in a relaxing lounge space and read some of the great architectural books!
